Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber - Chapter 7

The Celestial Project has progressed to its third phase before we knew it. Accordingly, audition participants started their personal broadcasts one by one, and streamers affiliated with ‘The Six,’ the company conducting the project, were in the middle of broadcasting content where they watched the audition participants.

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[Wow, the interviewer is here?]

“You guys, stop giving away the clues when I told you not to!”

-hahaha.

-As if that’s possible.

-Taesan call on.

-Bear the weight of Taesan.

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Meanwhile, Taesan, a prominent mid-level streamer affiliated with ‘The Six,’ wanted to watch the audition participants, but was having a hard time due to the viewers.

“Just stay quiet for a bit. You’re all making it hard for everyone to do proper broadcasts.”

He wanted to see their usual broadcast, but with dozens of viewers flocking in and flooding the chat, either confusing the audition participants or asking Taesan questions, the flow of the broadcast was disrupted.

In the end, Taesan once again left the participant’s room and tuned into the broadcasts of other audition participants.

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“Please don’t disturb this time. I want to watch a natural broadcast from a participant.”

-Exactly, hahaha

-Did everyone hear that?

-Buzzing

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Taking a deep breath, Taesan gave an unsuccessful warning to the viewers and scrolled up again. A broadcast title caught Taesan’s eye.

[The Dagger in the Bag (yet to be exposed) Miro]

“The Dagger in the Bag?”

Since Taesan had been looking at the broadcasts of participants with an average of 2 to 30 viewers from the bottom, this broadcast Maze, was with 50 viewers came out quite late.

“Isn’t this that one person? That otaku.”

-Oh, it’s her, hahaha

-Quite a few viewers, huh?

-I went in earlier, and it was worth watching

-I just went in for the voice

Thinking about the Miro’s appearance during that audition, Taesan entered the broadcast.

On the broadcast, there was a screen showing the Idol World Cup scene, which streamers often do.

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[“What should we do this time?”]

“Her voice is certainly nice.”

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While voices of individuals are always unique, if we’re talking about the standard, then among the participants, she has the highest standard voice among there.

[What’s up? The chat is moving pretty fast.]

And as Taesan joined, viewers who followed him were flooding the chat.

“Oh, come on, guys!”

Despite Taesan’s reprimand, the viewers paid no heed and delved further into Miro’s broadcast.

Taesan anxiously watched the broadcast.

Then, as he silently observed the chat, the avatar of Miro frowned and spoke.

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[Taesan? Who’s that? Anyway, this time I’ll do this.]

-Hahaha

-Taesan, hahaha

-Doing a broadcast from Dwitch and not knowing Taesan? That’s not possible haha

-Just… rubbish haha

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Although the participant seemed unaware of being a secondary interviewer, Taesan inwardly sighed with relief.

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I contemplated with the famous J-pop Idol World Cup waiting screen in front of me.

“Should we do 64 rounds?”

“With one song per round, three minutes each, and 64 rounds, that’s a whopping 64 songs, if we estimate roughly it is around 190 minutes even.”

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-No No.

-128 hahaha.

-Taesan’s here, why not greet him?

-We’ve got plenty of time, how about 256?

-Can Taesan leave us alone?

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“Isn’t this too long?”

If there are 128 rounds, that means 128 songs… That’s ridiculous, isn’t it?

“I mean, I’ll listen to all the songs and judge, but isn’t 128 rounds too many?”

If it’s famous J-pop, there shouldn’t be any songs I don’t know from. But knowing and listening are different. I know the lyrics and melody, but actually its my first time hearing it in person.

As a side note, I thought about watching the audience’s reactions to see what songs they like, but 128 rounds is too much.

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-But there are too many songs that won’t be played within 64 rounds.

-Oh, everyone does 128 rounds.

-She’s ignoring Taesan;;

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I furrowed my brows involuntarily as I read the chat.

‘Who is this Taesan they’re talking about? They’ve been talking nonsense since earlier.’

Just a moment ago, viewers were pouring in, and even though I set up a follow chat, there are occasional murky chats in the chat window.

If that viewer is an eager participant, I would welcome them with open arms, but I’m not so sure…

Right now, there are 100 people watching, which has doubled from 50, but even when there were 50 people watching, I thought I was doing well in my own way.

“Just a moment.”

I reluctantly asked for understanding and searched for Taesan on the monitor that wasn’t being broadcast.

“Oh, it’s that interviewer.”

He’s a streamer affiliated with the company currently conducting the audition I’m participating in, ‘Celestial Project,’ and he was the streamer who received my on-the-spot joke well back then.

“But what can I do about it now?”

Back then, I was grateful, but now it’s clearly disrupting the broadcast.

It’s nice to have an influx, but I’m not in that much of a hurry.

In the end, I decided to make a bold decision.

“Excuse me, are you watching right now, Taesan?”

As soon as I said that, the chat window buzzed for a moment, and a chat with the streamer verification mark came up.

-(Taesan): Yes, I’m really sorry. It seems our viewers caused some trouble by asking us to take a look at the viewers.

“No, no, you don’t need to apologize.”

Saying that, I clicked on Taesan’s ID.

“I’ll explain later.”

After saying that, I banned Taesan right away.

It’s important to pull out the roots of anything.

The people who are stirring up trouble in the chat right now are probably Taesan’s viewers anyway.

If there’s no Taesan, they’ll probably leave soon.

After banning Taesan, I turned my attention back to the chat.

“Shall we listen to the first song of the World Cup?”

Since the chat is likely to be on fire even without looking, I clicked on the music video without paying attention to the chat.

“I’ll focus on the song for a moment.”

And then I focused on the song. I usually prefer to close my eyes and listen, but since I don’t know Japanese well, I watched the video to see the subtitles and listened to the song.

“It’s nice.”

In the video, a female singer is coming forward with a guitar and playing the guitar while singing along with the band performance.

The lyrics about missing a man who broke up after a long relationship resonated with me, and the highlighted parts were also nice to listen to. The performance was outstanding, and most of all, the female singer’s delivery of the lyrics was excellent.

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-Haha

-That’s right.

-Just… goat…

-Dodged a bullet.

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After listening to the song, everyone wrote their thoughts on the song in the chat window.

“This song is famous.”

While listening to the song, I evaluated the song based on the information I had not deliberately thought of.

“First of all, the song and the performance are excellent, and the emotional line of missing a man after a long relationship but feeling relieved was very well conveyed, so I’ll give my objective score of 3 points.”

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-???

-Why 3 points?

-Shouldn’t it be at least 4 points?

-Isn’t it out of 5 points?

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“Yes, out of 5 points. Why was 2 points deducted? Well, I just can’t empathize well with these lyrics.”

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-?? Why not?

-Never had a breakup?

-Never been in a long relationship?

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“I’ve never had a breakup, so I can’t empathize with breakup songs. And while the song is good, I don’t really like this kind of ballad.”

This was one of the few commonalities between male Kim Suhyun and female Kim Suhyun.

Ballads… Honestly, aren’t they for singing in karaoke? Strangely, these ballads didn’t really stick with me.

Then, along with a ringing notification sound, a sponsorship message arrived.

“[User], thank you for 1,000 won.”

-Do you have a boyfriend right now?

“You’re asking if I have a boyfriend? I’m an idol, so having a boyfriend is not allowed.”

This is a very personal opinion of mine.

An idol is someone who becomes an idol to their fans.

For such an idol to have a boyfriend.

Idols are also in their prime youth, so honestly speaking, I don’t have any intention of stopping them from dating, but at least they shouldn’t make it obvious to their fans.

That’s what I think.

Well, actually, I don’t feel any sense of duty towards idols, and what I’m doing now is closer to being a pseudo-idol, but it’s true that I don’t have a boyfriend, and I don’t think I will in the future.

And…

‘Do these people not go crazy over this?’

Actually, I can’t say there isn’t a bit of calculation involved.

“Oh? Suddenly this many new subscribers? Thank you very much.”

Even now.

With just the fact that I’ve never been in a relationship, out of 50 people, 5 have subscribed.

As I read each nickname and expressed my gratitude, I smiled inwardly.

“If 5 people subscribed, how much is that?”

Well, if you roughly calculate, it might not be much more than minimum wage once the payment comes in?

I pretended to be nonchalant and played the next song, enjoying the music.

This time, it was a song by a male singer.

In the music video, a sweet-looking male singer walked casually down the street, singing a love song. The atmosphere of a Japanese residential area was evident, and the male singer’s excellent voice and unique melody made it a song that could be called enjoyable to listen to.

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-Haha lol

-No, this one’s a bit too much

-Stop it haha

-It’s really good

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This song also received good reviews. Well, all the songs here at the World Cup are famous, so the viewers who came here to watch the YouTubers, the die-hard otaku fans, couldn’t help but know these songs.

[Thank you for the 1,000 won donation, Music Critic Miro.]

-Miro, what score would you give this song?

I pondered the song for a moment.

“Well.. for starters, I really like this unique melody. The music video’s atmosphere is also really nice.”

From my perspective, someone who has never been on a trip abroad, walking through those Japanese streets in the music video had a romantic charm that really resonated with me.

“I’ll give it a personal rating of 4 out of 5.”

I said, selecting a song by a male singer.

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-Why the deduction of 1 point?

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“Why deduct a point? I’m not really into love songs, so that’s a 1-point deduction.”

I shrugged as I said this.

Then, as I listened to the next round of songs, I chuckled inwardly as I watched the updated number of subscribers.

“Well, I didn’t lie.”

Well, since it’s my sincere opinion, it’s okay.